Job 32:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה וְיִֽרְוַֽח־לִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתַ֣י וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾădabbərāh and wəyirwaḥ-to me-lî ʾep̄taḥ śəp̄ātay and wəʾeʿĕneh

Grammar Details

*ʾădabbərāh*: piel imperfect 1st person common singular cohortative - let me speak
*wəyirwaḥ*: waw conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - that there might be relief
*lî*: preposition lamed + 1st person common singular suffix - to me
*ʾep̄taḥ*: qal imperfect 1st person common singular cohortative - let me open
*śəp̄ātay*: noun feminine dual construct + 1st person common singular suffix - my lips
*wəʾeʿĕneh*: waw conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person common singular cohortative - and let me answer

Word Meanings

*ʾădabbərāh*: let me speak/I will speak
*wəyirwaḥ-lî*: that I may find relief/that I may be refreshed
*ʾep̄taḥ śəp̄ātay*: let me open my lips/I will open my mouth
*wəʾeʿĕneh*: and let me answer/and I will respond

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Job 13:19 : 19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Job 20:2 : 2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Job 21:3 : 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.
Prov 8:6-7 : 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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